We are walking in today: Men Of Torah Day--Happy Birthday!!
Witness report throughout the Bible: H8052 --shĕmuw`ah-- news, tidings, report
Isaiah 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. H8052
Torah:
Prophets: 1 Samuel 2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report H8052 that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
Writings: Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report H8052 maketh the bones fat.
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? H8052 and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Matthew 25:34-40 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take your inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you made me your guest, 36 I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the people who have done what God wants will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and make you our guest, or needing clothes and provide them? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 The King will say to them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you did these things for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did them for me!’
CHAPTER FIVE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM
Since God’s purposes never change, He enacted a plan formed from before the foundation of the world to help us rediscover His Kingdom. God’s goal is to restore man to his rightful place of dominion and earthly leadership.
GETTING HEAVEN TO EARTH
Another way to say this is that God’s purpose is to restore His ruler-ship on earth through mankind. The restoration of Elohim’s ruler ship on earth through mankind is truly what lies at the heart of the faith we hold as believers and followers of (HaMoshiach) Christ. It is what Yeshua came to earth to accomplish in our lives. Yeshua preached a very simple message: the Kingdom of heaven has come to earth.
The driving motivation of Yeshua’s life was not to get us to heaven—that is the goal of “religion”—but to get heaven to us. Yeshua’s passion was to establish His Father’s Kingdom on earth in the hearts of men.
Anytime the Church becomes obsessed with “advancing the Kingdom for Yeshua’s sake” to the point of abusing and even killing people, seizing other people’s property, and fighting amongst ourselves, then we cease to accurately and effectively represent The Most High in this world. We literally cease to be the Church. We may carry the name of Yeshua, but we have strayed far from His Spirit.
The Kingdom of God has invaded earth, but its target is human hearts, not geographical territory. God does not need to conquer the earth because it already belongs to Him: The Most High wants to restore us to our former place of honor, dominion, and authority. He wants us to rediscover and reclaim our inheritance.
LEAVING AN INHERITANCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
A critical part of our introduction to the powerful truths of the Kingdom is about our inheritance as children of God. Matthew records a parable that Yeshua introduced referring to that inheritance.
KING, KINGS, AND A KINGDOM
Yeshua is the King, but He is not our inheritance. Our inheritance is “the Kingdom prepared for [us] since the creation of the world.”
The gift that the King gives us is a Kingdom. We inherit the Kingdom, but Yeshua rules the Kingdom. This Kingdom has been ours since the creation of the world. Adam and Eve knew and enjoyed that Kingdom in the Garden of Eden. HaSatan, however, deceived them into sin and stole their (and our) inheritance.
Yeshua came to remove HaSatan from his illegal occupation of the throne and make it possible for us to reclaim our inheritance.
Suppose your father died while you were still a child, leaving you an inheritance of 10 million dollars and appointing me as trustee and executor.
Even though the inheritance is yours, you cannot fully claim it until you reach the legal age of accession, or the age designated by your father in his will. As executor, I have the authority and responsibility to keep and administer the estate until the day arrives when it passes fully into your control.
In the meantime, I stand between you and your inheritance, which makes me a mediator. Until you come of age, any benefits of your inheritance that you desire must come through me.
GETTING YOUR INHERITANCE
Just as the 10 million dollars was ours as a child, even before we knew about it, even so is the Kingdom of God our inheritance from the foundation of the world. Once you come of age, you come before me as trustee of your 10 million dollar inheritance and say, “I am now of age; I qualify. Give me the inheritance that my father left for me.”
Yeshua says to us, “There is a great inheritance waiting for you, a Kingdom that is yours, even though you knew nothing about it. When we take Yeshua at His word, when we trust Him as the one who can cleanse us of our sin, when we give Him control and acknowledge Him as Lord of our lives, we meet all the “qualifications” necessary to receive our Kingdom inheritance.
Through Yeshua we can enter the door of the Kingdom and begin to live and think and act like who we really are— children of the King. In the Gospel of John, Yeshua refers to this step as being “born again.”
Being born again is merely the first step of a whole new life, a journey of learning to know, appreciate, and experience our rights, privileges, and responsibilities as Kingdom citizens.
There are many rooms in the house of God but we will miss experiencing the wonders of His Kingdom if we choose to go no farther than the front door.
John 3:5-7 5 Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!
LIFE INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE KINGDOM
John 10:7-10 I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Claiming our inheritance is not about joining a particular church or denomination. It has nothing to do with being “religious.” It has everything to do with understanding that we are citizens of a Kingdom established and ruled by God, which will endure forever.
As Kingdom citizens, we have legal rights to the government. The reason so many of us receive so little from God is because we do not recognize ourselves as citizens of His Kingdom, do not understand our rights as citizens, and therefore lack the confidence or boldness to ask. Kingdom citizenship is a spiritual reality, but it is also a mentality.
CITIZENS OF A NEW COUNTRY
Once we become believers and enter the Kingdom of God, we “change countries.” We surrender our citizenship in the world to become naturalized citizens of the Kingdom of heaven.
We are in the world but not of the world. We enter the Kingdom through Christ, who is the doorway. God accepts us, naturalizes us as Kingdom citizens, and then commissions us as ambassadors of His government so that we can help others find the doorway as well.
Our Kingdom is one of abundant supply. We need to exchange our poverty mindset for a provision mindset. As long as we tend to our Father’s business, He will provide everything we need. No matter what our situation, we can focus on the Kingdom, claim our Kingdom rights, and say with confidence, “My God will supply.”
WHAT GOSPEL ARE WE PREACHING?
Everybody wants to discover his destiny and the power to make his dreams come true. The gospel of the Kingdom of God promises all of this and more, yet the vast majority of the world’s people have not discovered it, much less embraced it. Why not?
There are many reasons. For one thing, many people simply have not yet heard the gospel because no one has preached it to them. Another reason is that HaSatan has blinded the spiritual eyes and deafened the spiritual ears of countless millions so that they cannot hear or understand the gospel even when it is preached. There is a third reason that is perhaps the most serious of all: the Church is preaching the wrong message.
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
We were commissioned by Yeshua to proclaim the message of the Kingdom of God, and that message is described as good news for everyone who hears its message. Yeshua never told us to go and simply preach a “gospel.” There are many kinds of good news we could talk about. But there is only one that Yeshua identified as the focus of our preaching. He told us to preach the gospel of the Kingdom.
Remember that when Yeshua began His public ministry, His first recorded words were, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17). With those words, Yeshua set the standard and the model for us to follow. Yeshua preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God. That is the only gospel He preached. Therefore, as far as we are concerned as believers and followers of Christ, the gospel of the Kingdom of God is the only true gospel. In other words, for us there is no good news other than the awesome and powerful news of the Kingdom of God. This message of the Kingdom is the only legitimate message we have to communicate to the world.
CHAPTER FIVE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM
Since God’s purposes never change, He enacted a plan formed from before the foundation of the world to help us rediscover His Kingdom. God’s goal is to restore man to his rightful place of dominion and earthly leadership.
GETTING HEAVEN TO EARTH
Another way to say this is that God’s purpose is to restore His ruler-ship on earth through mankind. The restoration of Elohim’s ruler ship on earth through mankind is truly what lies at the heart of the faith we hold as believers and followers of (HaMoshiach) Christ. It is what Yeshua came to earth to accomplish in our lives. Yeshua preached a very simple message: the Kingdom of heaven has come to earth.
The driving motivation of Yeshua’s life was not to get us to heaven—that is the goal of “religion”—but to get heaven to us. Yeshua’s passion was to establish His Father’s Kingdom on earth in the hearts of men.
Anytime the Church becomes obsessed with “advancing the Kingdom for Yeshua’s sake” to the point of abusing and even killing people, seizing other people’s property, and fighting amongst ourselves, then we cease to accurately and effectively represent The Most High in this world. We literally cease to be the Church. We may carry the name of Yeshua, but we have strayed far from His Spirit.
The Kingdom of God has invaded earth, but its target is human hearts, not geographical territory. God does not need to conquer the earth because it already belongs to Him: The Most High wants to restore us to our former place of honor, dominion, and authority. He wants us to rediscover and reclaim our inheritance.
LEAVING AN INHERITANCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
A critical part of our introduction to the powerful truths of the Kingdom is about our inheritance as children of God. Matthew records a parable that Yeshua introduced referring to that inheritance.
KING, KINGS, AND A KINGDOM
Yeshua is the King, but He is not our inheritance. Our inheritance is “the Kingdom prepared for [us] since the creation of the world.”
The gift that the King gives us is a Kingdom. We inherit the Kingdom, but Yeshua rules the Kingdom. This Kingdom has been ours since the creation of the world. Adam and Eve knew and enjoyed that Kingdom in the Garden of Eden. HaSatan, however, deceived them into sin and stole their (and our) inheritance.
Yeshua came to remove HaSatan from his illegal occupation of the throne and make it possible for us to reclaim our inheritance.
Suppose your father died while you were still a child, leaving you an inheritance of 10 million dollars and appointing me as trustee and executor.
Even though the inheritance is yours, you cannot fully claim it until you reach the legal age of accession, or the age designated by your father in his will. As executor, I have the authority and responsibility to keep and administer the estate until the day arrives when it passes fully into your control.
In the meantime, I stand between you and your inheritance, which makes me a mediator. Until you come of age, any benefits of your inheritance that you desire must come through me.
GETTING YOUR INHERITANCE
Just as the 10 million dollars was ours as a child, even before we knew about it, even so is the Kingdom of God our inheritance from the foundation of the world. Once you come of age, you come before me as trustee of your 10 million dollar inheritance and say, “I am now of age; I qualify. Give me the inheritance that my father left for me.”
Yeshua says to us, “There is a great inheritance waiting for you, a Kingdom that is yours, even though you knew nothing about it. When we take Yeshua at His word, when we trust Him as the one who can cleanse us of our sin, when we give Him control and acknowledge Him as Lord of our lives, we meet all the “qualifications” necessary to receive our Kingdom inheritance.
Through Yeshua we can enter the door of the Kingdom and begin to live and think and act like who we really are— children of the King. In the Gospel of John, Yeshua refers to this step as being “born again.”
Being born again is merely the first step of a whole new life, a journey of learning to know, appreciate, and experience our rights, privileges, and responsibilities as Kingdom citizens.
There are many rooms in the house of God but we will miss experiencing the wonders of His Kingdom if we choose to go no farther than the front door.
John 3:5-7 5 Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!
LIFE INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE KINGDOM
John 10:7-10 I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Claiming our inheritance is not about joining a particular church or denomination. It has nothing to do with being “religious.” It has everything to do with understanding that we are citizens of a Kingdom established and ruled by God, which will endure forever.
As Kingdom citizens, we have legal rights to the government. The reason so many of us receive so little from God is because we do not recognize ourselves as citizens of His Kingdom, do not understand our rights as citizens, and therefore lack the confidence or boldness to ask. Kingdom citizenship is a spiritual reality, but it is also a mentality.
CITIZENS OF A NEW COUNTRY
Once we become believers and enter the Kingdom of God, we “change countries.” We surrender our citizenship in the world to become naturalized citizens of the Kingdom of heaven.
We are in the world but not of the world. We enter the Kingdom through Christ, who is the doorway. God accepts us, naturalizes us as Kingdom citizens, and then commissions us as ambassadors of His government so that we can help others find the doorway as well.
Our Kingdom is one of abundant supply. We need to exchange our poverty mindset for a provision mindset. As long as we tend to our Father’s business, He will provide everything we need. No matter what our situation, we can focus on the Kingdom, claim our Kingdom rights, and say with confidence, “My God will supply.”
WHAT GOSPEL ARE WE PREACHING?
Everybody wants to discover his destiny and the power to make his dreams come true. The gospel of the Kingdom of God promises all of this and more, yet the vast majority of the world’s people have not discovered it, much less embraced it. Why not?
There are many reasons. For one thing, many people simply have not yet heard the gospel because no one has preached it to them. Another reason is that HaSatan has blinded the spiritual eyes and deafened the spiritual ears of countless millions so that they cannot hear or understand the gospel even when it is preached. There is a third reason that is perhaps the most serious of all: the Church is preaching the wrong message.
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
We were commissioned by Yeshua to proclaim the message of the Kingdom of God, and that message is described as good news for everyone who hears its message. Yeshua never told us to go and simply preach a “gospel.” There are many kinds of good news we could talk about. But there is only one that Yeshua identified as the focus of our preaching. He told us to preach the gospel of the Kingdom.
Remember that when Yeshua began His public ministry, His first recorded words were, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17). With those words, Yeshua set the standard and the model for us to follow. Yeshua preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God. That is the only gospel He preached. Therefore, as far as we are concerned as believers and followers of Christ, the gospel of the Kingdom of God is the only true gospel. In other words, for us there is no good news other than the awesome and powerful news of the Kingdom of God. This message of the Kingdom is the only legitimate message we have to communicate to the world.
Shema Selah now is the time for us to know that the Kingdom has come upon us, this is about relationship and NOT religion!!!
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